Testing the URL blocking:
| Test | Conditions | Results |
| 1 | 1 domain in 'Forbid' :
www.microsoft.com URL blocking enabled Set to 'Use Domains Filtering' 'Always Block' selected |
Browsing www.google.com is
un-hindered. Visiting www.microsoft.com returns the page "You are not
authorized to view this page...HTTP Error 403 - Forbidden" The following URLs are also blocked, as expected: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ http://support.microsoft.com/ http://www.microsoft.com/germany/default.mspx |
| 2 | 1 domain in 'Forbid' :
www.microsoft.com 1 domain in 'Trust' : www.google.com URL blocking enabled Set to 'Use Domains Filtering' 'Always Block' selected |
Same as 1) |
| 3 | 1 domain in 'Forbid' :
www.microsoft.com 1 domain in 'Trust' : www.google.com URL blocking enabled 'Always Block' selected Set to 'Use Domains Filtering' Tick 'Disable all web traffic except for Trusted Domains' |
Microsoft is still blocked Google is unblocked http://www.msn.com/ is blocked http://www.asp.net is blocked http://www.microsoft-watch.com/ is blocked |
| 4 | 1 domain in 'Trust' :
www.google.com URL blocking enabled 'Always Block' selected Set to 'Use Domains Filtering' Tick 'Disable all web traffic except for Trusted Domains' |
Same as 3) |
| 5 | 1 domain in 'Trust' :
www.google.com URL blocking enabled 'Always Block' selected Set to 'Use Keyword Filtering' Keywords: 'micro' |
Here http://www.google.com/
is unblocked but googles for microsoft that contain micro in the URL do not: e.g. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=microsoft&btnG=Google+Search is blocked Google is unblocked http://www.msn.com/ is unblocked http://www.microsoft-watch.com/ is blocked http://www.asp.net is unblocked Any URL with micro is blocked as expected |